About $10 million across 10 years should be enough money for the upkeep of the full Taieri Gorge railway line, Otago Excursion Train Trust chairman Murray Schofield says.
The trust wants to help restore services on the line between Dunedin and Middlemarch.
Train services from Dunedin have been much reduced since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold.
Maintenance got behind on the line even when the custom was flowing from cruise ships.
